23 Never-Seen-Before Photos Of The Titanic That Will Give You Chills (And Bring You To Tears)

 

On April 10th, 1912, the legendary cruise ship known as the Titanic, thought to be unsinkable,  sails to New York from Southampton, England. As everyone knows, this inaugural journey was also the ship’s very last. You probably have seen the famous 1997 James Cameron movie, but it’s less likely that you will have seen these chill-inducing photos.

1. The First Picture Of The Titanic

During the night from April 14th to April 15th, the captain and his crew are surprised by a collision. The Titanic had just hit an iceberg. The crew is particularly surprised because the messages sent by other ships to warn the Titanic of the imminent danger never reached the captain’s cabin. The ship was built to resist to only four flooded compartments, and six compartments were damaged in the fateful crash.
A few impressive numbers about the Titanic:
The massive ship was 269 meters long, and held a 885-member crew as well as 2,471 passengers. It contained 10 decks and boasted a cruising speed of 39 km/h.

2. Welcome Aboard!

Ship means captain. Here is the captain Edward J. Smith (on the right) and his colleague, the superintendent Hugh Walter McElroy, pictured here on the Titanic’s deck.

3. Passengers On The Deck

On this picture, we can see passengers walking on the Titanic next to the lifeboats, not long before they would have to use them.

4. A Kid Playing

Moving, this photo illustrates childhood innocence aboard the Titanic. A young boy plays, only a few days before the dramatic event.

5. The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Margaret Brown, nicknamed Molly, is a first-class passenger on the Titanic. Of modest origins and then brought into wealth, her outspokenness stood out. In the film, she becomes Jack Dawson’s protector.

6. The Culprit

Here’s one of the list’s most chill-inducing photo, which depicts the infamous iceberg responsible for the sinking. This picture was taken by one of the ship’s officials, Prinz Adalbert, the morning of April 15th, 1912, a few kilometres south of the shipwreck.

7. The Titanic Sinks Into The Abyss

Meanwhile, lifeboats take the survivors away from the heart-wrenching spectacle.

8. The Last Survivors

This photo does not seem to be anything special and still…it is the very last lifeboat that has left the shipwreck, and the passengers can see the ship sinking before their very eyes.

9. The Carpathia Comes To The Rescue

At 2:20am, the Titanic had fully sunk, broken in two pieces. It’s around two hours later that the Carpathia, a ship that was in the surroundings, comes to save passengers.

10. A Young Family Of Survivors

This young family survived to the sinking of the Titanic. We can see the trauma in their eyes that was spawned by the catastrophe.

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